How to remove ForBrowser adware from your browser and operating system

What is ForBrowser?

ForBrowser is one of many adware-type applications that serve intrusive advertisements. Typically, people download and install apps of this type unintentionally. They are therefore called potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). Additionally, adware is often designed to gather information about users' browsing activities.

ForBrowser supposedly enhances the browsing experience, for example, to deliver accurate search results. Typically, adware developers advertise these apps as useful, legitimate, and so on, however, they are generally useless and simply cause problems.

Examples of ads that adware-type apps display include pop-up ads, coupons, surveys, banners, and so on. In most cases, they conceal content of visited websites and, if clicked, redirect users to untrustworthy, deceptive or even malicious websites. Additionally, they might run scripts that cause unwanted downloads and installations.

Apps such as ForBrowser commonly record user details including, for example, IP addresses, geolocations, entered search queries, addresses of visited websites, and other details relating to browsing habits. Developers share the information with third parties who misuse it to generate revenue. In some cases, developers share the data with cyber criminals.

Thus, having adware installed might cause problems with browsing safety, privacy, and lead to download/installation of other potentially unwanted applications or even malicious software. For these reasons, do not download or install apps such as ForBrowser. If adware is already installed on your system, it should be removed immediately.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by ForBrowser
Threat Type	Mac malware, Mac virus.
Symptoms	Your Mac becomes slower than normal, you see unwanted pop-up ads, you are redirected to dubious websites.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers, torrent file downloads.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites, loss of private information.
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ForBrowser is very similar to many other apps of this type. Some examples are CoverOpen, WindowGroup, and CoordinatorPlus. Typically, these apps do not function as advertised. They are designed only to deploy advertisements and collect data. In summary, they are useless and simply cause problems.

How did ForBrowser install on my computer?

PUAs such as adware are usually downloaded and installed through clicked intrusive advertisements or other software. In the latter case, these apps are included into the set-ups of other programs, however, information about these possible additional downloads or installations is not properly disclosed.

Typically, the details are hidden in settings such as "Custom", "Advanced", and so on. People who leave these settings unchanged give permission for unwanted apps to be download and installed with regular software by default. This deceptive distribution method is called "bundling".

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Check all settings such as "Custom", "Advanced", and "Manual" that are available in the set-ups and deselect offers to download/install unwanted applications. Avoid downloading or installing software through untrustworthy, unofficial websites, Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, third party downloaders, installers, etc.

The safest way is to use official websites and direct download links. Additionally, intrusive ads should not be trusted or clicked, especially if they are displayed on untrustworthy, unofficial websites. These ads usually cause redirects to untrustworthy websites or download/installation of unwanted applications.

In most cases, unwanted redirects and ads can be stopped by removing all unwanted apps (extensions, plug-ins, add-ons) installed on the browser and operating system. If your computer is already infected with ForBrowser, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for macOS to automatically eliminate this adware.

Pop-up window displayed when ForBrowser installation is complete:

ForBrowser app (extension) installed on Safari browser:

ForBrowser installation folder:

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Quick menu:

• What is ForBrowser?
• STEP 1. Remove ForBrowser related files and folders from OSX.
• STEP 2. Remove ForBrowser ads from Safari.
• STEP 3. Remove ForBrowser adware from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove ForBrowser ads from Mozilla Firefox.

Video showing how to remove ForBrowser adware using Combo Cleaner:

ForBrowser adware removal:

Remove ForBrowser-related potentially unwanted applications from your "Applications" folder:

Click the Finder icon. In the Finder window, select "Applications". In the applications folder, look for "MPlayerX", "NicePlayer", or other suspicious applications and drag them to the Trash. After removing the potentially unwanted application(s) that cause online ads, scan your Mac for any remaining unwanted components.

Remove adware-related files and folders

Click the Finder icon, from the menu bar. Choose Go, and click Go to Folder...

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: /Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/Application Support/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/Application Support/

In the "Application Support" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious folders. For example, "MplayerX" or "NicePlayer", and move these folders to the Trash.

Check for adware generated files in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ folder:

In the Go to Folder... bar, type: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

In the "LaunchAgents" folder, look for any recently-added suspicious files and move them to the Trash. Examples of files generated by adware - "installmac.AppRemoval.plist", "myppes.download.plist", "mykotlerino.ltvbit.plist", "kuklorest.update.plist", etc. Adware commonly installs several files with the exact same string.

Check for adware generated files in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ folder:

In the "Go to Folder..." bar, type: /Library/LaunchDaemons/

In the "LaunchDaemons" folder, look for recently-added suspicious files. For example "com.aoudad.net-preferences.plist", "com.myppes.net-preferences.plist", "com.kuklorest.net-preferences.plist", "com.avickUpd.plist", etc., and move them to the Trash.

Scan your Mac with Combo Cleaner:

If you have followed all the steps correctly, your Mac should be clean of infections. To ensure your system is not infected, run a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus. Download it HERE. After downloading the file, double click combocleaner.dmg installer. In the opened window, drag and drop the Combo Cleaner icon on top of the Applications icon. Now open your launchpad and click on the Combo Cleaner icon. Wait until Combo Cleaner updates its virus definition database and click the "Start Combo Scan" button.

Combo Cleaner will scan your Mac for malware infections. If the antivirus scan displays "no threats found" - this means that you can continue with the removal guide; otherwise, it's recommended to remove any found infections before continuing.

After removing files and folders generated by the adware, continue to remove rogue extensions from your Internet browsers.

Remove malicious extensions from Internet browsers

Remove malicious Safari extensions:

Open the Safari browser, from the menu bar, select "Safari" and click "Preferences...".

In the preferences window, select "Extensions" and look for any recently-installed suspicious extensions. When located, click the "Uninstall" button next to it/them. Note that you can safely uninstall all extensions from your Safari browser - none are crucial for regular browser operation.

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Safari.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Google Chrome.

Remove malicious extensions from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) and select "Add-ons and themes". Click "Extensions", in the opened window locate all recently-installed suspicious extensions, click on the three dots and then click "Remove".

• If you continue to have problems with browser redirects and unwanted advertisements - Reset Mozilla Firefox.

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